Creston High School Drama Department will present its production of “Alice in Wonderland” Friday and Saturday at CHS auditorium.
The play centers on Alice, who tumbles down a mysterious rabbit hole and finds herself in a strange land called Wonderland that resembles the dreams she had as a child. There, she meets a host of characters who give her bad advice.
The play culminates with Alice’s encounter with the Queen of Hearts and her army of playing cards.
“This is something different than what we’ve done in the past,” said Rachel Foth, speech and drama teacher at CHS and director of this play. “We’ve done serious and we’ve done comedies, but I wanted to do something the students could have fun with and wanted to have a larger cast this year to get more students involved.”
The cast and crew for this play includes about 20 students.
The cast includes: Alice (Lidiya Gortman), White Rabbit (Miguel Villegas), Queen of Hearts (David Qualseth), Dormouse (Jake Hitz), March Hare (Tyler Peters), Mad Hatter (Lorelei Herrod), Red Queen (Kierra Ehlers), White Queen (Maya Struhar) and King of Hearts (Dylan Linch).
Playing more than one role include: Duchess and Tweedledee (Mariah Harlan), Tweedledum and Caterpillar (Sydney Fry), Mouse and 2 of Spades (Paige Hedgepeth), Frog Footman, 5 of Spades and Gryphon (Cassie Anderson), Fish Footman and Knave of Hearts (Crystal Zamora), Cheshire Cat and 7 of Spades (Madison Hance) and Mock Turtle and Humpty Dumpty (John Reasoner).
“This is a large cast which can be challenging sometimes working around everyone, but you also get to make a lot of friends during this process,” Harlan said. “We’ve been working on this since January. This play is whimsical and doesn’t stick to one plot. I love that. And, this play has something for all ages.”
Foth said her favorite scene comes at the end of act 2 when Alice is on trial with the Queen of Hearts. She said the scene gets chaotic and brings a lot of characters to the stage. Harlan said she believes Reasoner “steals the show.”
“He’s great in every scene. Watch for him,” Harlan said.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the high school office or the night of the event. All tickets are general admission.